Five times the polls were wrong… but why you should still pay attention to them
A little while back I was on Matt Chorley’s Times Radio show talking about five political polling disasters, what we can learn from them and why we should still pay attention to the polls:
Find out more about these five disasters, and other triumphs for political polls in my book, Polling Unpacked: the history, uses and abuses of political opinion polls.
According to the Sunday Times, it is “Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand modern politics … comprehensive yet surprisingly fun”.
You displayed outstanding knowledge and clarity in this discussion, Mark – except that whilst you mentioned the skewing affect of the US Electoral College, you didn’t mention the critical effect of FPTP on UK polling vs. actual results (percentages vs. seats).